diff --git a/bin/start b/bin/start
index 88f49c3..f466402 100755
--- a/bin/start
+++ b/bin/start
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 mkdir -p crash-reports/ dumps/
-touch banned-ips.json banned-players.json ops.json usercache.json whitelist.json
 echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > .ssh/id_rsa
 chmod 400 $(find . ! -path "*/.*" -type f)
 chmod -R 500 crash-reports/ dumps/ plugins/bStats/ plugins/PluginMetrics/ plugins/ProtocolLib/ plugins/Updater/